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Master’s Thesis Presentation (591)

Title: Thesis Template
by
Candidate: Jane Doe
 Computer Science
Department

Title: Thesis Template

Advisor : Jane DaProf, Ph.D.

2nd Reader : John DaRead, Ph.D.
ChairPerson : Jane LaProf, Ph.D.
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Design
4. Methodology
5. Implementation
6. Results and Conclusions
7. Contributions
8. Future Work
9. References
1. Introduction

o The Section titles (on the previous slide)

are tentative

o This Section could be also called Problem

Definition or Problem Specification
1. Introduction

o In this Section you would gently introduce

the issue you are planning to address.

o Start with the Background of the Problem

o Describe the Problem is some detail

1. Introduction

o Provide some current solutions.

o End this Section with the paragraph

stating that your project addresses
(solves) this introduced problem in some
efficient manner
1. Introduction

o While writing make sure that the Thesis

is ‘readable;’ having a smooth segue from
one paragraph to another
1. Introduction

o You are writing a scientific paper in IEEE format

o Each statement must be either:

i. A common knowledge
ii. A fact presented in another paper
(reference to that paper needed [1])
iii. A fact that is proven by your narrative
2. Literature Review
o This Section can be called ‘State of the Art’.

o In this section review each paper/document

that you think is related to your problem
and/or solution.

o Present only papers that are relevant and if

possible very recent.
2. Literature Review
o Google Scholar is a good source [2].

o Ask your advisor to obtain copies of papers

that you need.

o Reviewing Web online content is also desirable.

(Especially software libraries and tools).
3. Design

o In this Section you would address the

idea/concept of the solution for your
research problem

o Typically you would develop a system with

underlying modules.
3. Design

o Describe the system specifications

o Describe the modules’ functionalities.

o Do use graphics to depict the system.

3. Design

Figure 1. my System Design

(deliberately blurred)
3. Design

o Describe each module from the graphics.

o Create additional diagrams: UML, Visio….

4. Methodology

o In this section you would discuss the methods

on how you would proceed with developing
your system as a solution to your problem.

o How do you plan to develop the system and its

modules?
4. Methodology

o For each module (from 3. Design) explain how

you plan to develop it so it satisfies all the
requirement specifications.

o Any specific Platform, Hardware, API used.

5. Implementation
o In this section you would discuss the technical
details of your implementation

o List your implementation platform details

o Discuss pieces of your code. There is no need

to discuss all the code: Select only important
and interesting code snippets to discuss
5. Implementation
o Did you encounter any difficulties: list and
discuss those. Also describe how did you
overcome the technical obstacles.

o Describe code runs and types of code tests.

o Code manual/usage pages would be useful

5. Implementation

To calculate z we use calculate() function:

x = 3
y = 4
z = calculate(x,y)

Figure 2. my Function Call

(deliberately ambiguous)
6. Results and Conclusion

o Start with describing your data collection

process.
o Why this specific data?
o How much data?
o The quality of raw data (if any) and the quality
of collected data.
6. Results and Conclusion

o The details of the results collection process.

(How did you generate/collect your resulting
data?)

o Did you automate the testing process, how

o Summarize your results in a tabular format

6. Results and Conclusion
Table 1. Resulting Table
(deliberately ambiguous)

* 1 2 3 4
1 1 2 3 4
2 2 4 6 8
3 3 6 9 12
4 4 8 12 16

Table 1. shows the results generated

by my system program.
6. Results and Conclusion

o Each table needs to be discussed, and the

conclusions about the presented results drawn.

o If not sure, you can say “we believe that there

is a correlation between the results as
shown….”
6. Results and Conclusion

o End the Chapter with the final conclusions; the

conclusions about all the resulting data and
tables.
7. Contributions

o Summarize who (or what) do you think would

be the beneficiary of your provided solution.

o Summarize how would that entity benefit from

provided solution
8. Future Work

o Here you would provide possible

improvements to your solution.

o Include topics that you wanted to try but did

not have time to try it out
9. References

[1] E.D. DaMaster, Systems and Others, in

Journal of Knowledge, p120-122, 2018.

[2] Google Scholar, retrieved from

https://scholar.google.com on April 1st 2018.
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This was a Master’s Thesis Presentation
Titled ‘Thesis Template’ by Jane Doe

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